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Ivan Cachicatari
Ivan Cachicatari

Reputation: 4294

vim netrw doesn't work

I've installed Vim 7.4 and Netrw plugin v149 over Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

When I try to open a directory with command $vi /your/path/ it returns an error message: "/your/path/ is a directory" but in my older versions it opens the directory with netrw and works fine.

But when I run $vi . from command line it runs without problem.

What would be the problem?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2636

Answers (2)

user21497
user21497

Reputation: 1181

The "error message" about ... is a directory is what vim normally produces when asked to edit a directory. This message appears even when netrw is active. A possible reason for your plight is that vi is a "tiny" build that comes with your o/s -- see if "where vim" differs from "where vi". Netrw is not supported by tiny builds of vim. Also try "vim --version" and "vi --version" to see what's supported by your vim/vi. Netrw needs +eval (which a tiny build does not support).

Upvotes: 1

mMontu
mMontu

Reputation: 9273

This is a strange problem. Try updating to the latests version, 1.53r.

If it doesn't solves the issue, try to debug it yourself. Check :help netrw-debug for detailed instructions about enabling debug messages.

Upvotes: 0

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